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MINIATURE BOOK. A Little Pretty Pocket-Book, Intended for the Instruction and Amusement of Little Master Tommy, and Pretty Miss Polly. With Two Letters From Jack the Giant-Killer; as Also A Ball and Pin Cushion; the Use of Which Will Infallibly Make Tommy a Good Boy..... Worcester, Massachusetts: F.G. Melcher, 1944. 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall. Ex-Library. Very Good condition. To Which is Added A Little Song-Book, Being A New Attempt to Teach Children the Use of the English Alphabet, by Way of Diversion. "This Little Pretty Pocket-Book was the first volume published for children by John Newbery of London. Of that edition, June 1744, no single copy has survived. The first American edition was published by Isaiah Thomas at Worcester, MA in 1787. This facsimile is from the copy in the NY Public Library on the 10th of June 1944, on the 200th anniversary of the book's first appearance." 122pp + 2pp publisher ads, in stiff wraps, showing edge wear. WITH WOODCUTS OF PASTIMES AND SPORTS. ONE OF THE EARLY BOOKS FIRST MENTIONING BASEBALL. ILLUSTRATED THROUGHOUT.
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